I maintained several computer labs and Ghosted images to all computers (over 200). The HDD id and everything was then the same (except the MAC address). Even though I had licenses for everything, all instances of every software package was identical -- used the same registration (for XP and all software). (The client name was the name of the institution, since no computer belonged to any particular person.)
There were only two companies I couldn't get by with that -- and I would have not bought their software if I didn't have to have it: - Ghost (what a PITA to work with their licensing -- more paranoid than Apple) - Altera Quartus -- first used dongles and then used MAC addresses. I used angryIP to obtain all MACs on the network and emailed that to Altera ... but it's a real PITA, as admin, to have to go to every computer and enter a separate registration before the software works. Moral (from my viewpoint) -- need a license scheme which includes site licensing or something similar .... and remember that someone, somewhere will break anything you conjure up. Tom > It was years ago, but it was way worse than that. Think of fifty computers > loaded with the same copy of the application, every computer in every branch > of the company. Is there a way to address that problem? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
